Sentences with phrase «part legal thriller»

Part mystery, part legal thriller, it is a story of crime and punishment set in a small southern town during one brutal, hot, and unforgiving summer that lays bare thepotential of the human heart to hate — and, ultimately, to heal.

Part mystery, part legal thriller - set in a small southern town during one brutal, hot, and unforgiving summer that lays bare the potential of the human heart to hate and, ultimately, to heal.

Part legal thriller and part psychology manual on teenage behavior, Picoult's entertaining book tackles a lot of territory.

Not exact matches

Primal Fear, for the most part, comes off as a fairly typical legal thriller, as director Gregory Hoblit, working from Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman's screenplay, has infused the proceedings with many of the elements that one has come to associate with the genre - including a slick protagonist who is forcefully taken down a notch and a wide - eyed defendant who may not be quite as innocent as he seems.

Part of what got me a contract to write legal thrillers was the acquisitions editor telling me that I wrote «cinematically.»

Skipping Christmas was a break from his usual legal thrillers and even had some funny parts.